Authors:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

George Herbert Quotes - Page 43

All Quotes Age Art Beauty Bones Business Children Church Conscience Country Desire Devil Earth Easter Evil Faith Food Forgiveness Giving Gold Grace Greatness Grief Heart Heaven Hell Home Honesty House Husband Inspirational Journey Labour Language Liberty Life Literature Loss Love Lying Money Morning Pain Pleasure Poetry Pot Praise Prayer Purpose Running Science Shame Sin Skins Solitude Son Sorrow Soul Sports Spring Suffering Sunday Time Trade Truth War Water Wealth Wife Wine Winter Wisdom Wit Youth

It's not good fishing before the net.

It's not good fishing before the net.

Fishing

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.348

Jest not with the eye or with Religion.

Eye, Jest

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.297

Justice pleaseth few in their owne house. [Justice pleases few in their own house.]

Justice, House, Please

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

Eye, Spy, Ears

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.324

States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies.

Body, Periods, States

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.373

Still fisheth he that catcheth one.

Stills

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325

Such a Saint, such an offering.

Offering, Saint

George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.292

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights. [Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.]

Sweet, Night, Day And Night

George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.316

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married. [Take heed of a person marked, and a widow thrice married.]

Widows, Married, Thrice

Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.

Mother, Names, Steps

Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman.

Wenches, Young, Heed

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

People, Credit, Heed

Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.

Dirty, Long, Foul

Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.

Mad, Folks, Heed

Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled Enemy.

Enemy, Holes, Heed

George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.188

Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides.

Horse, Sides, Behinds

George Herbert (1941). “The works of George Herbert”, Oxford University Press

Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.

Sweet, Wine, Sweet Wine

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.338

That is not good language which all understand not.

Language

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.301

That which sufficeth is not little.

Littles

George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.321

That which two will, takes effect.

Two, Effects

George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.169

That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.

House

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.352

The absent partie is still faultie.

Absent, Stills

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.331

The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.

Apothecary

The back-doore robs the house.

House

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.339

The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.

Gold

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.346

You May Also Like: